I think I know why authoritarian has different connotations, specifically not inherently negative to me–stellaris! When setting up your civilization in stellaris, there are several… factors? you can base them on, each one has an opposite. Materialist vs spiritualist, militarist vs pacifist, xenophobe vs xenophile, and authoritarian vs egalitarian. I’m used to the word in the context of a descriptive spectrum, not inherently good or bad. (Usually bad in the context of irl stuff, that just doesn’t seem to be where my mind goes first) Just thought you might find it neat
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dipshit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoI wouldn’t describe it as authoritarian. That implies unjust use of authority. Their harshness towards transphobes is justified and necessary, because transphobes are an existential threat towards trans people, and queer people as a whole. It’s not authoritarian, it’s protective.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Mood, we’re on the same page the word authoritarian just has a bit different meaning to me